| English | the gender: neuter |
|---|---|
| Foreign | das Geschlecht -er das Genus Genera NEUTRUM, SACHLICH: ● Human and animal babies - das Baby, das Lamm ● Most metals - das Gold, das Kupfer, das Nickel NOTE: der Stahl, die Bronze ● Verb infinitives turned into nouns - das Leben, das Schwimmen ● Collectives beginning with Ge-, das Gebirge, das Geschrei ● Nouns with diminutive suffixes: -chen, -lein (and their dialect forms: -le, -erl, -el, -li), das Kindlein, das Mädchen, das Hartmutchen ● Nouns ending in -ment (das Experiment), -(i)um (das Museum, das Datum, das Opium), -iv (das Archiv, das Kollektiv) Neuter when used as reference – al, an, ar, (m)ent, ett, ier, iv, o, on |
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